Thunder Creek Equipment Adds Territory Sales Manager for the Southeastern U.S.

Thunder Creek Equipment has named Paul Runge territory sales manager for the southeastern United States, including Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida and South Carolina.
Feb. 27, 2025
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Thunder Creek Equipment has named Paul Runge territory sales manager for the southeastern United States, including Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida and South Carolina. Runge has spent nearly 20 years serving the region in a variety of service and sales roles for both multinational corporations and regional manufacturers with a focus on the Southeast.

“Paul started his career on the service side of the heavy off-road equipment industry before moving into additional training, management and sales responsibilities,” said Larry Lea, vice president of sales, Thunder Creek Equipment. “He brings a rare combination of talents to the region for Thunder Creek that will help our sales partners and customers fully realize the advantages that Thunder Creek brings to the market – from efficiencies on the jobsite to the way that Thunder Creek fits uniquely in the equipment sales ecosystem.”    

Thunder Creek designs and manufactures innovative, premium fueling and preventative maintenance solutions that are used in a variety of industries including construction, roadbuilding, oil and gas, disaster recovery, and utility construction. This includes No-HAZMAT Fuel & Service Trailer (MTT), No-HAZMAT Fuel & Service Truck (MTU), the Multi-Tank Oil Trailer (MTO), Service and Lube Trailer (SLT), and Service and Lube Truck (SLU).

“The southeastern United States offers a diverse range of working environments, industries and regional growth that uniquely positions Thunder Creek for success as businesses look for new ways to compete and get an edge,” said Runge. “I look forward to working with all of our partners in the region to showcase how Thunder Creek can transform fleet management and field service operations.”

For more information on the full lineup of innovative fuel and service solutions made possible by Thunder Creek, visit ThunderCreek.com. 

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Michael Roth has covered the equipment rental industry full time for RER since 1989 and has served as the magazine’s editor in chief since 1994. He has nearly 30 years experience as a professional journalist. Roth has visited hundreds of rental centers and industry manufacturers, written hundreds of feature stories for RER and thousands of news stories for the magazine and its electronic newsletter RER Reports. Roth has interviewed leading executives for most of the industry’s largest rental companies and manufacturers as well as hundreds of smaller independent companies. He has visited with and reported on rental companies and manufacturers in Europe, Central America and Asia as well as Mexico, Canada and the United States. Roth was co-founder of RER Reports, the industry’s first weekly newsletter, which began as a fax newsletter in 1996, and later became an online newsletter. Roth has spoken at conventions sponsored by the American Rental Association, Associated Equipment Distributors, California Rental Association and other industry events and has spoken before industry groups in several countries. He lives and works in Los Angeles when he’s not traveling to cover industry events.

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